Awning



E. KRAUS Sept. 7, 1948.

AWNING 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 I Filed May 16, 1945 NVENTOR.

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Filed May 16, 1945 E. KRAUS 2,448,984

AWNING 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Sept. 7, 1948 UNITED i STATES PATENT OFFICE I I i AWNING Edmund Kraus, San Antonio, Tex.

Application May 16, 1945, Serial No. 594,012

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This invention relates to awnings and particularly to metallic awnings.

One of its objects is to provide a durable awning capable of withstanding the ravages of heavy Winds. i

Another object is to provide an awning which may be closed or opened'i'rom the interior of the building.

Another object is to provide an awning of all metal Construction, the parts of which will not easily deteriorate.

Another object is to provide an awning of this type that may be easily applied to a house aperture. 4

Another object is to provide an awning that will give maximum protectionwhen in closed position and a free circulation of air and entrance of sunshine when it is in open position.

The accomplishment of these and other objects, which will appear hereinafter, will be made apparent from a reading of the specification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the awning when in closed position,

Figure 2 is a sectional view illustrating the Operating mechanism,

Figure 3 is a top view, partly in section, illustrating the construction of the side sections and,`

the front drop, v

Figure 4 is a section taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 2,

Figure 5 is a fragmentary plan view,

Figure 6 is a fragmentary elevation of the front drop, and

Figure 7 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on line 7-1 of Figure 2.

Referring now to the drawings, the numeral ifl designates the wall of the structure to which the awning is to be applied and attached to the inner side of the wall is a hearing guide member li. A crank handie !3 has a shank !4 extending through the guide member and wall, said shank being threaded on its outer portion, as shown at !5, and having its outer end !5 journaled in the brace H. I

The bottom of the brace I'l is fastened to the wall ID, as shown at !8. This fastening means also retains in position the support s which has a pivot 20 therein arranged for pivotal movement of the lower ends of the arms 2! and 22, said pivot 20 being positioned in the standard 23 and having spaces 24 and 25 arranged between the arms and said standard.

Intermediate the ends oi the arms 20 and 2! are slots 26 and 21 arranged for slidable reception therein of the pins 30 and 3l, which are held by the nut 32. At the upper ends of the arms is a pivot 33, pivotally retaining a link 34 thereon, the other end of said link being rotatably mounted, at 35, on a U-shaped member 35. The U- shaped member, like the arms 2l and 22, is pivoted on the support |9 by means of the standard 31, the other end of said U-shaped member being pivoted in the standard 38 of the support 39.

Braces 28 and 29 are attached to the wall and support the' outer end of the awning.

Rotatably mounted on the U member are the forked members 40 and 4| which are connected at their outer ends, as indicated at 42, to the side beams or supports 43. 4

The upper inclined roof 44-of the awning is preferably composed of a plurality of louvers or sections 45 which are pivotally fastened to the side protecting members 5| and 52, so that when said beams 43 are moved outwardly and downwardly the beam connecting ends 48 of the louvers` will cause them to be moved to their open position.

On the sides of the awning and at the juncture thereof with the roof, are the aforementioned L- shaped edge protecting members 5l and 52 which may have integral therewith, or separate therefrom, a cross member 53 which may be attached to the wall o, said cross member extending for the width of the awning. On the cross member 53 is an apron 54 which has at its lower end a projection 55 which will be contacted by the projection 56 on the adjacent louver 45 when said louver has been moved to its closed position, as illustrated in Figure 5.

The louvers 45 are similarly constructed, having the upwardly extending projections 55 at their upper sides and downwardly extending pro- J'ections 51 at their lower sides. beam 43 will pivot the louvers so that an upper projection 55 will make close contact with a lower proiection 51.

Referring particularly to Figure 3, the construction of the side members 49 allows for air openings between these members, thus preventing rain, or the like. from entering toward the house while at the same time they allow free passage therethrough of air.

At the front is a drop portion 58 which may be made of any ornamental design.

In actual use my awning has withstood the ravages of weather and even hurricanes and being of all metal construction it will not deteriorate like the usual fabric awning. It has Movement of the the additiona advantage of being cheapiy constructed of sheet metal of standard sizes.

The operation is substantially as tolows: When the crank handle ll is revolved the threads !5 on the shank il will iorce the arms 20 and !i outwardly, this action takes place :by means' of the movement of the nut 32 lensthwise of the shank M. The outward and downward movement of the arms will move the U-shaped member 36, the retaining link 34, the forked members 40 and ll, the side beams 43 and the louvers 45 to the positions shown in dotted iines, thus opening the louvers. Reversing the movement of the handle l3 will close said louvers.

While I have described and illustrated the preferred form of my invention, it may be clearly seen that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention while keeping within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. Inan awning structure having a plurality of intermediately pivoted louvres and a transverse beam pivotally connected to one end of said louvres, actuating means for rocking said louvres, said means comprising an actuating handle having a threaded shank extending through the wall of a building, a support on the outward side of` said wall for the support of the outer end of said threaded shank, an arm pivoted at its lower end to said support, co- Operating means carried by said shank and said arm for rocking said arm on rotation oi' said shank, a pivot member pivotally connected at the lower end to said support, a .link connecting the` upper end of said arm to the upper end of said member, and a forked member pivotaily connected at its lower end to said pivot member and pivotally connected at its upper end to said transverse beam intermediate thelength thereof.

2. In an awning structure having a plurality of intermediately pivoted louvres and transverse beams pivotally connected to one end of each of said louvres, actuating means connected to said beams for rocking said louvres, said means comprising a threaded shank extending through the wall of a building. supports on the outward side of said wall. one of said supports having a journal for the outer end of said shank, an arm pivoted at its lower end to said one support. cooperating means carried by said shank and said shank, a U-shaped member pivotaily connected at the free' end of the legs thereoi to said supports, a link connecting the upper end ot said arm to the bight ot said U-shaped member and forked members pivotaily connected at one end to the bight oi said U-shaped member and at the other end to said beams intermediate the length thereoi;

3. In an awning structure having a plurality oi' pivoted louvres and a transverse beam pivotally connected to one end oi said louvres. actuating means for rocking said louvres, said means comprising a member pivoted at one end to said beam, a support for said means, a lecond pivoted member connected at its upper end to said first member and at its lower end to said support, an actuating arm connected at its lower end to 'said support, a link connecting the upper end of said actuating arm to the connection oi' said pivoted members and means for rocking said actuating arm.

` 4. In an awning structure having a plurality.

of pivoted louvres and a transverse beam pivotally connected to one end of said louvres, actuating means for rocking said louvres, said means comprising a support, an actuating lever pivoted at one end on said support, a member pivoted at one end to'said beam intermediate the length thereof, a second pivoted member connected at one end to said first member and at its other end to said support, a link connecting the other end of said actuating lever to the connection oi said pivoted members. and 'means for rocking said lever.

5. In an awning structure, actuating means as set forth in claim 4, wherein said latter means includes a threaded shank carriedby said support and correiated means carried by said shank and said lever for rocking said lever.

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REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATEB PATENTS Number I Name Date 2,070,144 'Staley, Jr. Feb. 9, 1937 2339342 Miller Apr. 22, 1941 

